Comments on: The Martian and the Tribble http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-martian-and-the-tribble/ Covering weekly box office grosses in the US and TV ratings. Wed, 3 Dec 2008 08:07:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: John H http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-martian-and-the-tribble/#comment-131706 John H Sun, 04 Nov 2007 02:07:36 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-martian-and-the-tribble/#comment-131706 For the record, the latest complete episode (the one with George Takei) is set up as a streaming video, not a download. You can go directly to it here: http://stnv.dragonfly.com/STNV-WEAT.html With my garden-variety AT&T DSL, it took less than 10 seconds to start playing. For the record, the latest complete episode (the one with George Takei) is set up as a streaming video, not a download. You can go directly to it here:

http://stnv.dragonfly.com/STNV-WEAT.html

With my garden-variety AT&T DSL, it took less than 10 seconds to start playing.

]]> By: Daniel http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-martian-and-the-tribble/#comment-130813 Daniel Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:11:32 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-martian-and-the-tribble/#comment-130813 I was going to address this in a new post, but I thank Chris for simultaneously clearing the aesthetic air and then pumping it full of more technical snark. And as I said, i HAVE downloaded the first two episodes. I even burned 'em and printed the DVD covers, and they look very nice on the shelf. It's quite doable and Chris, if you like I'll dupe them and send them to you. They're impressive acheivements. If I have any quarrel with the episodes it's only that the they're not as SEXY as the original series, but they're well-written, well-shot and the effects are just enough of an improvement to be show-offy without violating the look of the original miniatures and aluminum-chloride powder-sprinkling. Kudos to the whole gang o'volunteers. I was going to address this in a new post, but I thank Chris for simultaneously clearing the aesthetic air and then pumping it full of more technical snark.

And as I said, i HAVE downloaded the first two episodes. I even burned ‘em and printed the DVD covers, and they look very nice on the shelf. It’s quite doable and Chris, if you like I’ll dupe them and send them to you. They’re impressive acheivements. If I have any quarrel with the episodes it’s only that the they’re not as SEXY as the original series, but they’re well-written, well-shot and the effects are just enough of an improvement to be show-offy without violating the look of the original miniatures and aluminum-chloride powder-sprinkling. Kudos to the whole gang o’volunteers.

]]> By: chris http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-martian-and-the-tribble/#comment-129923 chris Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:29:49 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-martian-and-the-tribble/#comment-129923 Whoa! Hang on a minute, Debbie M!!! I never made a judgement call on any of the episodes because I could NOT download any of them. The 'retarded' (admittedly a bad choice of a word) referred to the idea of spending days downloading a file to watch on my PC. At the risk of further flaming, any site with instructions like this is completely lame: "Download as long as you want to on a given day (or as long as your ISP allows you to before disconnecting you). Then, pick up where you left off later in the day or on another day. This pause/resume process can be repeated multiple times on one day or several days." [From the download site] I don't wait days to watch TV. That's stupid. How about applying some of those big chess-club brains to optimizing the episodes for streaming? Or better yet, sell DVDs. If they're so great, won't people spend money on them???? Admittedly, it's easy for me to sit in judgement of people who are out there putting their asses on the line for something they're passionate about. But seriously, if nothing else, Star Trek challenged us to work toward a better future. Making new episodes is great, but fire your Amish webmaster and get with the future. Whoa! Hang on a minute, Debbie M!!!
I never made a judgement call on any of the episodes because I could NOT download any of them. The ‘retarded’ (admittedly a bad choice of a word) referred to the idea of spending days downloading a file to watch on my PC.
At the risk of further flaming, any site with instructions like this is completely lame:
“Download as long as you want to on a given day (or as long as your ISP allows you to before disconnecting you). Then, pick up where you left off later in the day or on another day. This pause/resume process can be repeated multiple times on one day or several days.” [From the download site]
I don’t wait days to watch TV. That’s stupid. How about applying some of those big chess-club brains to optimizing the episodes for streaming? Or better yet, sell DVDs. If they’re so great, won’t people spend money on them????

Admittedly, it’s easy for me to sit in judgement of people who are out there putting their asses on the line for something they’re passionate about. But seriously, if nothing else, Star Trek challenged us to work toward a better future. Making new episodes is great, but fire your Amish webmaster and get with the future.

]]> By: Debbie M http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-martian-and-the-tribble/#comment-129895 Debbie M Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:33:17 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-martian-and-the-tribble/#comment-129895 Obviously, you have not seen To Serve All My Days with Walter Koenig or World Enough and Time with George Takei. Otherwise, you would not be calling what we have done retarded. David Gerrold's next episode with us is going to be unbelievable, and definitely will make its mark on Trek History. Maybe people should watch things before they make judgement calls. Obviously, you have not seen To Serve All My Days with Walter Koenig or World Enough and Time with George Takei. Otherwise, you would not be calling what we have done retarded. David Gerrold’s next episode with us is going to be unbelievable, and definitely will make its mark on Trek History. Maybe people should watch things before they make judgement calls.

]]> By: chris http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-martian-and-the-tribble/#comment-129760 chris Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:48:14 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/10/25/the-martian-and-the-tribble/#comment-129760 Convincing argument against watching TV on your PC, indeed! After several hops from the main page, I finally made it to the download site, and it nearly brought my PC to its knees!!! But not because I was downloading the freaking episode... it was just painting these ENORMOUS jpgs, one of which appears to show the Starship Enterprise being menaced by a gigantic rabbit... hmmm, doesn't bode well. Anyway, I started downloading one of the high res QuickTime files, but I quit when I realized it would be well past tomorrow by the time it was even done downloading (9kb/sec?!?! puh-leaze!). Even the medium res file was going to take about 4 hours. Hey!- you're talking to a guy who won't wait 2 minutes for a microwave burritto. When I wanna watch TV, I wanna watch it now, goddammit! So I gave up trying to download an episode and just cruised around the page looking at the character bios and one-sheets. My verdict: This is retarded. I've never been too big a fan of Star Trek... I may have peaked at about 7 on the Trek-O-Meter. But geez, guys... aren't you just a little embarassed? Convincing argument against watching TV on your PC, indeed! After several hops from the main page, I finally made it to the download site, and it nearly brought my PC to its knees!!! But not because I was downloading the freaking episode… it was just painting these ENORMOUS jpgs, one of which appears to show the Starship Enterprise being menaced by a gigantic rabbit… hmmm, doesn’t bode well.

Anyway, I started downloading one of the high res QuickTime files, but I quit when I realized it would be well past tomorrow by the time it was even done downloading (9kb/sec?!?! puh-leaze!).
Even the medium res file was going to take about 4 hours. Hey!- you’re talking to a guy who won’t wait 2 minutes for a microwave burritto. When I wanna watch TV, I wanna watch it now, goddammit!

So I gave up trying to download an episode and just cruised around the page looking at the character bios and one-sheets.

My verdict: This is retarded. I’ve never been too big a fan of Star Trek… I may have peaked at about 7 on the Trek-O-Meter. But geez, guys… aren’t you just a little embarassed?

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